
Sarah El-Mahmoud
The Background: Sarah El-Mahmoud has been with CinemaBlend since 2018, starting as a freelancer shortly after graduating from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in Journalism. In college, she was the Managing Editor of the award-winning college paper, The Daily Titan where she specialized in writing/editing long-form features, profiles and arts & entertainment coverage, including her first run-in with movie reporting, with a phone interview with Guillermo del Toro for Best Picture winner, The Shape of Water.
What She's Into: Sarah is CinemaBlend's resident YA enthusiast, often bringing her lifetime love of books and the stories behind their often contentious adaptations to the site. Deeply into when music and movies intersect, from knowing the hype musical tracks of Mamma Mia!, beautiful scores of Michael Giacchino and yes, the absolute banger Twilight soundtrack way too well. She is also passionate about highlighting and interviewing voices within the industry to help open the door for Hollywood to better represent the world through movies and television. Horror, she really loves horror movies. The world of animation as well... OK don't make her pick one genre.
What She's Excited About Right Now: The continued resurgence of horror and musicals. The next Hunger Games movie, Mike Flanagan's upcoming shows, the Wicked movies and the final Spider-Verse animated film.
Latest articles by Sarah El-Mahmoud

I'm Hyped For The Mummy 4, But I'm Worried About Its Arab Representation
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
One thing needs to change.

I Saw The First 18 Minutes Of Mandalorian & Grogu, And It Answered One Popular Question Star Wars Fans Have Had
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives It's back!

Why Is Body Horror Making A Big Comeback? James Wan And Lee Cronin Have Thoughts
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives It's all the rage right now.

I Think You, Me & Tuscany's Original Title Was A Lot More Fitting Now That I've Seen It
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
What a peculiar move!

Sydney Sweeney Nods At Her Now-Infamous American Eagle Ad In Cheeky New Campaign
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
She's back in her "great jeans."

I'm Still Not Over Khloé Kardashian Getting Kim's Kid To Troll Her Over Viral Lost Diamond Earring Moment
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
This is too good.

‘They Just Start Screaming.' The Michael Jackson Biopic Filmed Its Immersive Stadium Concert Scenes With Jaafar Jackson And 400+ Extras
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives "It was a lot of love."

I Was Frustrated At Netflix’s Thrash When Dakota Didn't Evacuate Before The Hurricane, But Whitney Peak Defended The Choice
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives I'm happy I asked.

Why Riz Ahmed's 'To Be Or Not To Be' Speech In Hamlet Was Filmed With Him Speeding Down 'A Freeway A Hundred Miles An Hour'
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives The new Hamlet talks adding "quite literal" stakes to the famous speech.

Robert Pattinson Just Pointed Out One 'Very Strange' Twilight Acting Choice He Made (And I'll Never Watch It The Same Way Again)
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
I now have another good reason to rewatch Twilight.

One Of Taylor Swift’s Best Concert Tours Heavily Influenced Anne Hathaway’s New Movie (And The Swiftie In Me Loves This)
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
A24's Mother Mary has big Taylor Swift energy.

Netflix’s Thrash Ending Is Wild, And I Had One Question For Djimon Hounsou About The Shark Fighting
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives What a fun twist.

The Michael Jackson Movie Has Screened, And The First Reactions Are Hyping The Movie Up: 'Genuinely Uncanny'
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
The latest music biopic is getting high praise.

You, Me & Tuscany Review: Halle Bailey And Regé-Jean Page’s Rom-Com Is Giving Reheated Spaghetti
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Tasty... but not fresh.

'Endlessly Surprising.' What Happened When Riz Ahmed Gave Hamlet A South Asian Story
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Exclusives An Oscar-winning duo have retold the famed tragedy.

'Nobody Said It Was Easy' To See Your Kid Turn 20, But Gwyneth Paltrow's Handling It With Grace
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
What a cool mom!

I Just Found Out The Devil Wears Prada Actually Had Trouble Landing Clothes For Meryl Streep Because Of Anna Wintour
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
I had no idea!

Andy Serkis' Animal Farm Trailer Gives Us Our Best Look At His Retelling Of The Classic Tale
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
"Four legs good, two legs bad!"

‘I Didn’t Draw A Topless Zendaya!’ See Anya Taylor-Joy Mortified After Her Super Mario Painting With Jack Black Went Sideways
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Watch the Super Mario actors test their artistic skills.

I’m Eager For The KPop Demon Hunters Sequel, But The Director Made A Good Spider-Verse-Related Point
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
This rationale is definitely valid.

Nick Jonas Has A New Horror Movie That Sounds Like A Traitors Spinoff Turned Deadly
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
Sounds like some treachery is afoot!

Vampires May Not Sleep, But Robert Pattinson Sure Did On The Drama Set (And Zendaya Hilariously Caught Him In The Act)
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
The Twilight actor is no Edward Cullen.

Some Key Project Hail Mary Movie Changes Could Make A Sequel A Lot Easier
By Sarah El-Mahmoud published
A couple things stuck out to me.
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